Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in Computing - 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yufang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Robert Applonie, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Paul E. Morton, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mason Cole Conkel, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, University of Texas at San Antonio; Thuy Khanh Nguyen, University of Texas at San Antonio; Chunjiang Qian, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #39160Quantification of Competencies-based Curricula for Artificial IntelligenceDr. Yufang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Yu-Fang Jin got her Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida in 2004. After her graduation, she joined the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Currently, she is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UTSA. Her research interest focus on applications of artificial intelligence, interpretation of deep learning models, and engineering education.Mr. Robert Applonie, The University of Texas at San Antonio Robert Applonie received his M.S

Conference Session

Maker Spaces in Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Colton Daniel Brehm, Texas A&M University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

projects, and can createcommunities for students. To ensure positive impacts to students, much more research is neededto improve these spaces making them effective for all students. Network analysis enablesproblem understanding and solution generation at a systems level. A systems-level analysis of anetwork of industries, for example, (as opposed to designing each industry individually) was ableto reduce the overall environmental impact of all industries in the network without increasing the © American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 2020 ASEE Conferencecost of the network (thereby maintaining profits) [1-3]. Similar system-analyses of waterdistribution networks and power grids

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Centers and Technical Curricula: A Proposal for StudyAbstractThis paper proposes to study how activities of technology-intensive visualization centers have orhave not been integrated into technical undergraduate curricula. The study focuses onvisualization centers applied to urban planning, engineering, construction, medicine, and science.The study is delimited and a set of preliminary research questions are proposed.IntroductionData visualization has become an important tool in science, engineering, and technologyeducation and practice.1 Technologies for interacting with complex multi-dimensional data havebecome economically feasible and functionally practicable as witnessed by the establishment of“Visualization

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 1: Library Services

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Lisa Dunn, Colorado School of Mines; Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University

resources and identify obsolete services that can be discontinued.This paper explores models for offering concierge or boutique research services in other librariesand applications to our mid-sized, STEM-focused institution. An in-depth literature reviewidentifies existing programs and best practices of this model in use at other institutions. A two-part environmental scan first looks internally at the research, staff needs and practices at Mines.Then, it looks outward at other institutions’ offerings to better understand the types of initiativesthat could be included in the program. This research will ultimately be applied to design, pilot,and assess a concierge program for the Mines library.Literature ReviewA variety of terminology has been used

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nader Rafla, Boise State University; H. Shelton Jacinto, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

watching before the beginning of the second week of classes. This “startup” time was necessary to reduce the total time and overall difficulty involved with using the tool-set provided. The remaining videos of the semester were generally in the range of 10 minutes each and contained instructions and examples for designing, simulating, and synthesizing basic components common to many digital circuits; useful for in-class activities and projects by providing a solid foundation of conceptual ideologies. The videos additionally served to explain, in general, the best practices and techniques of hardware design, and educate the students on potential pitfalls one might encounter. 2. Read lecture notes – The

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sonia Mary Chacko, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, and 2012 Inaugural Distin- guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 9 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 62 journal articles, and 154 conference pa- pers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 35 M.S., and 5 Ph.D. thesis students; 58 undergraduate research students and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 500 K-12 teachers and 118 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di- rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill S. K. Nakatsu, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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First-Year Programs

26.113.7who are notoriously difficult to recruit, but they would also have the chance to practice andimprove their leadership skills.Facilitators held three meetings just before the start of the program to introduce both thechallenge and the mentorship expectations to each student organization. All mentors were giventhe same information that included the details of the challenge as well as a written mentorshipguide. The mentorship guide provided a breakdown of the engineering design process andoutlined milestones in engineering design process that they should aim for throughout thesemester. The meetings and the written guide also included information on facilitating theirteam’s progress and not just doing the work for their freshmen. The mentors were

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Sanghoon Lee, University of Virginia; Shing Wai Yam, University of Virginia; William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

/O research and HR practice: Improving team composition, team training, and team task design,” Human Resource Management, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 353-366, 2004.[10] A. Taylor, K. Mason, A. Starling, T. Allen, and S. Peirce, “Impact of team and advisor demographics and formulation on the successes of the biomedical engineering senior design projects.,” Proceedings for the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition., 2010.[11] A. G. Greenwald, B. A. Nosek, and M. R. Banaji, “Understanding and using the implicit association test: I. An improved scoring algorithm,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 197-216, Aug. 2003.[12] F. Smyth, A. Greenwald, and B. Nosek, “Implicit gender-science stereotype

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janus Liang, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce

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Manufacturing

instructor) that can take place in a blended web-based learning environment. None of three modes of interaction function independently in practice. Meanwhile, the web-based theories are to focus on the learning process, instructional design, and the technology to understand the relative effectiveness of the delivery method.(3) The result of this research that requests for web-based learning courses need to become more of a reality, particularly in the courses of manufacturing field. Furthermore, the studies are required in the future where various types of interaction can occur in order to develop learners’ achievements, attitudes and collaborative necessary for different professional course learning through adaptive designed

Conference Session

The Challenges that Two-year College Students Face when Transferring to a Four-year College for Engineering and Engineering Technology Program

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College- One of the City Colleges of Chicago; Ruzica Todorovic, Wilbur Wright College - One of the City Colleges of Chicago; Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

of the partner institutions, local employer and industry engagement, shared interestfor community impact, and enabling seamless student financial aid across the partner institutions.2.1. The Developmental Stage2.1.1. Establishing a Partnership: Finding the Best-FitInitiating and adopting a holistic and programmatic approach for transfer needs to be fullycustomized to the mission and /goals of both institutions. The transfer partnership can be initiatedby either institution. Finding the best-fit partner can be challenging, considering the differencesbetween community colleges and 4-year institutions, but the historical data can streamline thesearch. An initial feasibility research which considers historical transfer, students’ preferences

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Pauline Muljana

fellow and mentor for the ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) teaching workshop. Dr. Palomo believes that fostering curiosity and life-long learning skills we can make the world a better place. She believes that an inclusive and equitable learning environment is critical for students to be motivated and enjoy their learning journey.Pauline Muljana Pauline Salim Muljana is a PhD candidate in the Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) program at Old Dominion University. Her research interests center on the investigations of how a data-informed analytics approach informs instructional design to foster learning behaviors and strategies associated with successful learning. Before joining the IDT

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

Paper ID #29680Exploring Literature on how Instructor Feedback Impacts STEM StudentMotivationCassie Wallwey, The Ohio State University Cassie Wallwey is currently a Ph.D. student in Ohio State University’s Department of Engineering Educa- tion. She is a Graduate Teaching Associate for the Fundamentals of Engineering Honors program, and a Graduate Research Associate working in the RIME collaborative (https://u.osu.edu/rimetime) run by Dr. Rachel Kajfez. Her research interests include engineering student motivation and feedback in engineering classrooms. Before enrolling at Ohio State University, Cassie earned her B.S. (2017

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Anthony Zusack, Purdue University: Engineering and Technology; Raveena Patil, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sean Lachenman, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Chanel Antoinette Johnson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nathan McDaniel

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Aerospace

Paper ID #15561Capstone Design Project Experience: Lunar Ice Extraction DesignMr. Steven Anthony Zusack, Purdue University: Engineering and Technology Recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working as an Intern at NASA Johnson Space Planning to enter graduate school in the Fall of 2016 for a master’s in Aero/Astro Engineering at Purdue University. Aspirations of pursuing PhD in the field of Aerospace Engineering with a focus on aerospace systems.Miss Raveena Patil, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Recent graduate with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and will pursue

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tuttle

the lack of professional practice by many who teachdesign courses. On-the-job trends are equally disturbing. In the past the best designers learnedmore on the job than in formal courses. Such on-the job learning used to come from junior’sbeing mentored by experts critiquing their work. It also occurred when builders and operatorsprovided feedback regarding deficiencies. For a multitude of reasons' designers today are notgetting either of these kinds of feedback.In my last assignment, I saw first hand the decline of this ability in the United States. An in-house design effort for a major ship program spanned almost twenty years and ended in failure.Shipbuilder’s who finally offered proposals chose not to conducted their own engineering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines; Tyrone L. Vincent, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

: Impact on students’ attitudes toward and approaches to engineering design. Teamworkwas a frequent theme in the student reflection logs, which was likely in part due to the fact thatapproximately half of the questions related to team performance and practices. Students oftenobserved that the drawbacks of working in a team (challenges in finding a time to meet,resolving conflict when there were different ideas about how to approach a problem) werebalanced by the benefits (multiple people to approach a problem, the ability to bounce ideas offeach other, diverse strengths and abilities). When asked for evidence about how well their teamwas performing, some students demonstrated a less refined view of the role of teamwork bydirectly linking the

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

impact of using this tool is increasing their understanding of theirlearning with respect to the intended learning outcomes. As such, the Team Design SkillsGrowth Survey can support efforts to increase students’ self-confidence in engineering, leadingto better retention of engineering students. For faculty, the greatest impact of using this tool ismeasuring the value-added of different activities in introductory engineering design classes,which can be used to improve course design, provide insight to class management issues, anddetermine the appropriateness of performance indicators. This paper also addresses best practicesfor implementing and expanding the Team Design Skills Growth Survey and extending it toother disciplines.IntroductionThe

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Achintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineers and scientists is becoming increasingly importantand popular throughout the world. There is a need to develop courses which introduce students tointerdisciplinary environmental management principles and tools, and expose them to variousreal world problems. To promote interdisciplinary environmental education and research, NorthDakota State University (NDSU) has introduced a graduate program in Environmental andConservation Sciences (ECS) in 2003. As part of this interdisciplinary program, a course inenvironmental management for ECS and civil engineering students was introduced. The coursewas designed as a graduate level course and was made available to civil engineeringundergraduates as a technical elective. The challenge was to address a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Kaye Jones, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

competency are reflected in curricular and student activities. His interests also include Design and Engineering, the human side of engineering, new ways of teaching engineering in particular Electromagnetism and other classes that are mathematically driven. His research and activities also include on avenues to connect Product Design and Engineering Education in a synergetic way. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Designing a curriculum that helps students create connected narratives in electrical engineeringIntroductionThis paper proposes a framework for helping students construct conceptual narrative arcsthroughout a traditional Electrical Engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

Society for Engineering EducationExercise # 4: On reverse engineering, Toaster Design and Reverse EngineeringTypically used during Lesson 15 of 29Description: In this exercise, students partially disassemble a very familiar electromechanicaldevise, a toaster. In the toaster design we chose to use, control is based on temperature via theresponse of a bimetallic strip designed to change shape (curve) as the strip is heated. Certainly,this is not the best of toaster designs, but toasters so made are relatively inexpensive and do offera wealth of opportunity in terms of design discussion. The understanding of bimetallic stripdesign for use in toaster control mechanisms is also complimentary to a graphing problem weuse on shape memory alloys. Students

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Dusek, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robyn Goodner, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Adva Waranyuwat, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

fellow in the Mechanical Engineering De- partment at MIT after receiving her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University. Dr. Faas graduated from Bucknell University with her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and joint B.S./B.A. in Mechanical Engineering and International Relations. Dr. Faas is cur- rently a research affiliate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her research focuses on developing low cost immersive Virtual Reality applications for products and systems, early stage design process and methodology and engineering education. Research interests: virtual reality (VR) applications in mechanical design, design methodology and engi- neering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathaniel J. O'Neal, Naval Postgraduate School; Matthew A. Porter, Naval Postgraduate School; Christopher Adrian Martino, United States Naval Academy

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Electrical and Computer

testing and on the creation of a measurement system. Thesystem proposed is intended to expose students to this critical field of engineering research,without requiring significant changes based on the type of device they would like to test. Thismakes it easier for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to gather data on newsemiconductor devices, allowing for the general understanding of these materials to mature at ahigher rate. The fundamental objectives of engineering instructional laboratories met by thedevelopment of the system include: Instrumentation, Experiment, Data Analysis, Design, Learnfrom Failure, Creativity, and Teamwork. [2] Future laboratory use of the system would meet thefollowing objectives: Instrumentation, Models

Conference Session

Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis, University of Colorado Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior? RQ2. How and why do engineering alumni perceive that extracurricular activities during college impacted their ethical knowledge, reasoning, and/or behavior?MethodsTo answer the two research questions, this research used a mixed method approach, combiningquantitative data from survey items with qualitative information from semi-structured interviews.The research reported in this paper was embedded within a larger study [5]. This research wasreviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research and deemedexempt (Protocol #15-0326).A survey instrument was developed to answer RQ1, using many of the best practices suggestedin [39]. The survey

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

has longitudinal,positive impacts on students’ success as they navigate through their undergraduate experiencestoward engineering and computer science degrees.Motivation and overviewThere is a critical need for more students with engineering and computer science majors to enterinto, persist, and graduate from postsecondary institutions. Increasing the diversity inengineering and science is also a profound identified workforce desire.1,2 According to nationalstatistics, the largest group of underrepresented minority students in engineering and scienceattend the Nation’s public higher education institutions, thereby often designating such highereducational venues as minority serving institutions (MSIs).3, 4,5Our research would not be so vital

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina Martinez, Lewis University; Safwan Omari, Lewis University

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Electrical and Computer

. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, distributed systems, computer security, and most recently, software quality met- rics. Dr. Omari is involved in computer science curriculum development and computing-related program accreditation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Designing an ABET- Ready Computer Engineering Program in a Medium-Sized Liberal Arts CollegeAbstractWhile most engineering students aspire to graduate from a top engineering university, manychoose to attend small to mid-size liberal arts colleges for various reasons, including financial,location and learning needs. It is essential that these engineering students are given

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

themes of their learning system and content. Finally, weutilize this process to propose canvases suitable for undergraduate courses from first-year andcapstone design.Opportunities in Design and Entrepreneurship EducationIn today’s design and technical entrepreneurship courses, students are commonly asked toenvision and design a product offering along with a business model. In many cases, the product,device, or system being developed is a complex technical system that is being developed for abusiness setting impacted by competition, regulation, and social complexities. Dym et al., intheir classic work on design teaching and learning, note that “design is hard to learn and harderstill to teach” (Dym et al., 2005). Importantly, they make

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

number of sources are available for stories of technological development;the author has included a listing, albeit incomplete, of sources consulted for this course. Takentogether, these stories can help students recognize the positive and negative outcomes fromtechnological change, and the process of society influencing technological change and oftechnological change influencing society. It should also help the students to understand theprocess of technological change, including issues in engineering practice, design, manufacture,and operation.The course should help students recognize problems facing human society that are related totechnology. The course includes material on energy, the environment, and sustainability.Material on these topics

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Murray, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Elizabeth Cudney, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Katie Grantham Lough, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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New Engineering Educators

. Grantham Lough served as a research scientist for 21st Century Systems where she has added risk assessment techniques to their existing defense software products. Also, she was involved with projects to identify both hardware and software failures in mechatronic systems. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UMR in 2005. Dr. Grantham Lough’s current research interests are product design theory and methodology, sustainable design, as well as failure and risk identification and mitigation. Page 14.1367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 What New Faculty

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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Design in Engineering Education

]. However, there are relatively few structured approaches to organizing,sequencing, and bounding such experimental prototyping. Given that prototyping is pervasive tothe design process through ideation, concept selection and design verification, it stands to reasonthat prototyping is a process worthy of scholarly attention. This research explores methodologiesto enhance prototyping during concept development, particularly engineering prototypes, i.e.those used to verify or improve the functionality, performance and operation of a novel device orsystem. Based on design context variables such as the total allotted time for the prototypingeffort, the methodologies introduced in this paper will provide practical planning for studentprototyping efforts

Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H. Salib, James Madison University; Eric Vincent Walisko, James Madison University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Undergraduate Course as one possibleeffective approach and present the results of a survey to quantitatively measure the effect of thecourse on preparing the students and graduates for this new work environment. We also describethe course design, the hypothesis of effect, the survey design, the data collection, and analysis.Based on the participants’ responses and the quantitative analysis presented in this paper, weconfirmed quantitatively that the course has achieved its goal of preparing our undergraduates forthe ever changing and challenging environment for developing technology applications andservices. Overall, they believe that the impact on their career is worth the “value of contribution”they have exercised and estimated.1. IntroductionDue to

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ann Marie Blasick, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

who join major-related student groups, are both more likely to persist in STEM. This driveshome the importance of peer relationships for women in STEM fields.Marra and her collaborators10, 11 looked at retention best practices in a large representativesample of engineering schools, and also found that women and men need somewhat differenteducational environment characteristics in order to be successful, in part because of theirsocialization12. Women place more emphasis on group affiliation, community, and collaborationthan men do13, 14.Research also shows that women are more likely than men to report that teaching styles, subjectmatter relevance, and the culture of the discipline affect their retention and eventual completionof the degree15